interesting than life on the farm‚ and therefore drew them away from rural communities. Notice how each supporting sentence is a cause that explains the effect mentioned in the topic sentence. In the chart below are the main ideas of the above paragraph‚ to help you understand the relationships better: EFFECT (Topic Sentence) CAUSES (Supporting Sentences) Cities have grown very large. [There are several reasons for this.] Factory jobs attracted people. (Cities have grown very large
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The earliest experiences I had with mental disorders came from within my own family‚ my aunt always felt troubled. When we would go to the grocery store she would often believe that others were talking about her‚ even when all evidence was to the contrary. I would ask my mother about this and she explained that she suffered from paranoid schizophrenia at the time I had only the most rudimentary understanding of what this disease does. My aunt suffered every day until her dying day‚ whether it was
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Essay So far‚ my high school experience has been one of many choices being made. Throughout these past three years I have had to make many choices‚ many of which have impacted my relationship with my friends‚ teachers‚ and coaches. However‚ no decision was harder than one I made this year in this past soccer season. This decision was not exclusively my own but one I shared with my father. This dilemma involved pulling me‚ the captain of the varsity soccer team off the team because of a problem
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Personal experiences With Irony Life is full of irony. Everywhere you look there are situations that contrast what is expected. Evidently‚ many of my interests turned out to be ironic twists. I love concerts‚ experiencing live music with friends is one of the best things in life. Seeing my favorite band play right before my eyes is a site like no other‚ well if I could see it. Concerts are great –for tall people. But for the “vertically challenged” it gets a little difficult. I either see heads before
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Five Paragraph Essay Women today are facing some of the same problems that those women of the 1800’s tried to overcome. Equality for women! Many women today find themselves in the position to make career changes due to family shifts‚ a lack of education‚ or a failing economy. Many women during the 20th century left behind their careers to be married and raise children. But in the 1970s divorce rates reached an all time high‚ leaving women to raise children on their own and go back into the
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Growing up in a sheltered lifestyle‚ not worrying about were my next meal would arrive from‚ or whether if I was going to live throughout the night was never on my mind until I learned from the experiences of the people throughout my missionary trip in India. It was an unforgettable experience that altered my life‚ and left a lasting impression on me. I had volunteered at a psychiatric housing home which housed over hundred plus people who were all mental ill. My missionary group and I had spent
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In the article “Unteaching the Five-Paragraph Essay”‚ Marie Foley argues that the five-paragraph formula restrains students from actively thinking. The five-paragraph structure is still used today because teachers are continuing to teach students the formula. The formula is said to be easier to teach to a class rather than to teach individual students different patterns of organization. Foley says that the formula being taught is easier on them to teach and to grade because of how crowded the English
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Sample Research Paper Paragraph At this point in your research‚ you should already have in mind the questions that you want to answer in your research paper. For example‚ if I were writing a research paper on cloning‚ I might want to answer these questions: 1) Why are people so afraid of genetic research and cloning? And 2) Why should genetic research and cloning research be allowed to progress? (You must take a clear stance on whatever issue you choose to write about.) In answering those questions
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Writing about my personal experience in the military‚ reminded me about all those Noncommissioned officers who lead me throughout my career and my life. It also recapped the obstacles I faced to make it to where I am today. Minus one plus nine is a symbolic way to describe my story of how I came into the Army as an Enlisted with a pay grade of E minus 1 instead of E-1 and reach the Enlisted pay grade of E-9. My personal experience began on February 14‚ 1992‚ when I immigrated to the United States
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"Experience" Essay Dorothy Livesay’s poem "Experience" teaches that if one learns solely from outside sources‚ then one will never know what it is to feel independence and self-growth. By examining the authors personal experiences‚ the imagery‚ and the symbolism used the above statement will be proven true. Dorothy’s personal life had a large influence on her opinion about independence and self-growth. Her lengthy career spanning over 5 decades‚ her involvement with politics and her general
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